Michèle Alfa
Also Known As: Мишель Альфа
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gujan-Mestras, Gironde, France
Birthday: August 19, 1911
Deathday: August 24, 1987
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Beautiful Adventure
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-10-18
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The Hen
Overview: Mr. Silvestry, nicknamed "The Hen" because he is raising his five daughters alone, for whom he does the housework, the shopping and the cooking, is invited to the Côte d'Azur by a wealthy American.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-05-19
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The Queen of Spades
Overview: Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.
Genres: Horror Drama History Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-07-01
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Trois... six... neuf
Overview: Pierre loves Agnès who prefers Clément, an aviator. Out of desperation, he will commit suicide. Agnès then concludes a pact with him. During the three months that Clément will be absent, Pierre will be able to see her as much as he wants. She thinks that this time will be enough for the young man to realize that she is not the ideal woman for him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-01-29
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Ramuntcho
Overview: Ramuntcho is a young man who has fallen in with a gang of smugglers, led by Itchoua, who carry their contraband across the border into Spain. He is in love with Gracieuse whose mother, Dolorès, bitterly dislikes Ramuntcho because he was born an illegitimate child. His smuggling activities force him to join the army and he is sent to Saigon and, because of her mother's desire to marry her off to someone else, Gracieuse joins a convent.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-02-24
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The Woman I Loved the Most
Overview: Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged or elderly men sitting at the dinner table but he refuses to join the guests and goes upstairs to his bedroom. The worst is prevented thanks to a servant who has caught sight of Claude's revolver. Claude 's uncle joins his nephew and manages to persuade him not to take action. He takes him downstairs to the dining room where each in turn, the five guests start telling their own story. For it happens that they too once had their heart broken and that they too once wanted to die for love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-03-20
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Overview: Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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The Four-Poster Bed
Overview: In his prison cell, the composer Remi Bonvent composed an opera, The columns bed. The director of the prison, Porey Cave, succeeds made believe he is the author of this work. The death of the two protagonists will prevent the discovery of the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-07-09
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The Pavilion Burns
Overview: Denise, a young employee of the mine, is courted by the engineer Risay while she is engaged to Daniel, a simple underground worker. A betrayal has occurred that compromises the mine. An accident occurs and about fifteen workers, including Denise's fiancé, are buried under rubble in a collapsing shaft.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-12-17
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Homeport
Overview: A discharged seaman winds up on an old man's farm: his children left the place for the broader horizons of the evil city; the walls are near decay ,the fields lie fallow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-02-10
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À la Belle Frégate
Overview: It's a sailors' story; they often sail away and when they return, the first thing they do is searching girls in the harbor. One of them -Jean- is shy and he does not know how to go with women. One day, he meets Yvonne and falls in love with her. But, alas, she prefers his good friend René. Another suitor, Pierre, owns the "À la Belle frégate" a café where Yvonne works as a waitress. Madam(e )Juliette, pretends she helps Yvonne and tries to make her an "entraineuse"(hostess) for less-than -handsome guests. But the girl knows better and will choose one of her suitors.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-04-01
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The Secret of Madame Clapain
Overview: Madame Clapain dies in dubious circumstances at the home of the Cadifon ladies, of which she was a tenant. A friendly inspector and Thérèse Cadifon each carry out their own investigation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-08-11
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From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
Overview: Sitting at his desk, Guitry gives us a lecture on French history from Joan of Arc to the Occupation, with some focus on a number of its great writers and musicians.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-05-04
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Judicial Error
Overview: After a banker is driven to suicide by his wife's reckless spending, an innocent cashier is wrongly implicated in a crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-04-07
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Quartier chinois
Overview: In a Far Eastern town, a settling of accounts between Western and Asian opium traffickers draws the attention of the police.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-03-07
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Angel of the Night
Overview: A young sculptor presides over the destinies of a student club where a miserable young girl ends up one evening. The treasurer of the association falls in love with the young girl who returns the favor. The war. The sculptor comes back blind. Out of gratitude, the young girl marries him and restores his confidence in his talent; out of discretion, the treasurer steps aside.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-01-19
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Matrimonial Agency
Overview: Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-05-21
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The Last One of the Six
Overview: Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1941-09-16
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The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell
Overview: Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Genres: Adventure Drama History Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-01-22
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The Count of Monte Cristo Part 2 - The Retaliation
Overview: Having found the fabulous treasure of which Abbé Faria had spoken to him, Dantès has only one idea left: revenge. He will succeed patiently, but will not however have the heart to break the poor Mercedes. Then he will leave for the East, accompanied by a lovely Levantine, Haydé, who served him to accomplish his revenge.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-02-24
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The First Weapons
Overview: A sensitive teen-age boy survives the brutalities of a country training school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-08-03
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L'aventure est au coin de la rue
Overview: A rich young man, Pierre Trévoux, has a desire for adventure and boasts of his courage. While he is staying with friends in the countryside, his hosts, to play a trick on him, organize a fake burglary, but he discovers the hoax. When he returns home, he finds his house broken into. Convinced that the game continues, he does not understand that he is dealing with real gangsters. His recklessness allows him to rout the criminals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-02-18
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Jeannou
Overview: Jeannou lives in a castle in Périgord with his father, the last man of aristocratic lineage landowners, very attached to traditions. She meets Peter, a young engineer, she joined in Paris, decided to marry her. A few months later, pregnant, she returned to the area where the wedding will be celebrated.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-11-10
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The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
Overview: A banker who lost everything in the stock market is on the verge of committing suicide when the Devil appears to him and offers to give him a fortune every day on one condition: he must do evil things with the money! Will the banker keep his end of the deal...
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-09-20
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Peace on the Rhine
Overview: During the lead up to a second World War, one of several French films hoping for peace,specifically between Germany and France as shown by a border family in Alsace trying to resolve their differences.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-11-10
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Barcarolle
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-03-26
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Ultimatum
Overview: About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-27
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Lights of Paris
Overview: A celebrated singer in Paris meets a young woman and courts her by pretending to be a driving instructor.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-10-05
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Le Prince Bouboule
Overview: Bouboule is a taxi driver. A Russian princess wishing to acquire French nationality offers to marry her to divorce a few months later. After incredible adventures, Bouboule manages to save the inheritance of his wife, divorces and finds his sweet Lucette.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1939-01-11
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Dark Sunday
Overview: Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to suicide. Max, a music publisher, likes the song and decides to launch it by all means, foul or fair. Bob, his accomplice, manages to talk his mistress Michèle into committing a fake suicide. She obeys him and the scheme is a success as a result. On this occasion, Jan gets to know Michèle and the two young people fall in love. Happiness seems to be in store for Jan again but this is without counting with Bob. Jealous of Jan, the naughty fellow indeed tells him that Michèle's attempted suicide was nothing but an advertising pretense.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-03-23
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La Neige sur les pas
Overview: Abandoned by her husband Marc, Thérèse Romanay cheats on him with André Norans. When Romanay finds out, he drives her away. She runs away with her lover. But, during a mountain excursion, Norans is killed and Thérèse is herself seriously injured. But she recovers. The husband then forgives the unfaithful wife, and the couple reunites.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-06-03
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